Italy

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the rights for the Formula One motor-racing series in a deal beginning next year

Italy follows the UK with pay-free F1 split; France could be next if TF1 lowballs

American Football

Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content

Football

Varying fortunes for highlights across European leagues

Football

Broadcast revenue was the main driver of growth in turnover across the five biggest domestic football leagues in Europe in the 2010-11 season, according to the latest report on football finance by financial…
Football

Italian state broadcaster Rai has agreed a deal with the Italian football league, Lega Serie A, for the free-to-air highlights rights for Serie A for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus enjoyed record ratings for its coverage of the dramatic conclusion to the Ligue 1 football season
Football

Sky revs up for MotoGP as Mediaset stalls; Superbike will be profitable replacement

Football

Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset signed a three-year contract from 2013 to broadcast the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has secured the television rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP from the 2014 season.

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is set to snatch the media rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP from commercial broadcaster Mediaset from 2014 onwards.
Football

Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, has ended private negotiations with broadcasters over a series of packages of media rights and has called for bids by tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15.
Football

Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Football

Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
Football

MP & Silva takes big portfolio of club football rights to Asia
Cycling

Giro d’Italia promoter RCS Sport is close to a deal with the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels, an umbrella group of cycling’s leading teams, that will give the teams a sha…
Football

Italian Serie A football club Napoli has failed in an attempt to secure an injunction against the implementation of a model used to split media rights income between clubs in the country’s top flight.